Windshield for closed cars



March 2 1926. 1,575,581

A. c. JORDAN WINDSHIELD FOR CLOSED CARS Filed June 9, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig.1. is

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Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

unirsn srnrss ALBRIDGIE C. JORDAN, F EAU' CLAIRE, W'ISCONSIN.

WINDSHIELD FOR CLOSED CARS.

Application filed. June 9, 1925. Serial No.-38,000.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that ALnnmon C. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at E-au Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of lVisconsin, has invented I new and useful Improvements in lVindshields for Closed Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a windshield for closed cars in which an effective means for ventilation may be secured without the necessity for having to open windows; to provide a ventilating means permitting the free entrance of air while excluding insects and dust and dirt to a large degree; to provide a dual glass front in which one of the elements may be employed as a canopy or visor to prevent the accumulation of ice and moisture on the other; and to provide adjusting means for both fronts whereby they may be readily opened to the desired degree with a minimum of effort.

WVith this purpose in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a portion of a vehicle of the closed type, showing the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 22 of Figure 1.

-Figure 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 83 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a transversehorizontal sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 14t of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 4;.

Figure 6 is an elevational view of the invention looking from the interior of the car.

The frame 10, in which the inner and outer shields 11 and 12 are carried, is designed for mounting in the front of the car 14 in place of the usual windshield. Both the shields 11 and 12 are hingedly supported, as at 15 and 16, at their upper edges, the outer shield on the outer edge of the frame 10 and the inner shield on the inner edge. The two shields are thus spaced apart. The inner shield being narrower than the outer shield, swings into closed position above the ventilating means which consists of a panel 17 on theinner face of the, frame 10, said panel being provided with aplurality of 'uniformly'spaced openings 1.8 preferably of oval form. These openings are exposed or closed by a plate 19 formed with openings 20 movable into and out of registration with v the openings 18. The plate 19 is mounted in guides 21; behind the panel 17 and is operable through the medium of a knob 22 carried by it and projecting through a slot 23 in the panel 17 so as to be accessible from the interior of the car.

hen the outer shield 11 is in closed position, the ventilator may not function, since the outer shield extends to the bottom of the main frame 10, but when the outer shield is open, ventilation of the car may be regulated by the proper adjustment of the plate 19 through the medium of its operating knob 22.

As a means of excluding insects and in a large measure dust and dirt, aforaminated plate 24 is provided, being carried in a frame 25 disposed in an inclined position in the main frame 10 and extending from the lower edge of the inner shield 11 to the lower edge of the outer shield 12. The per forations in this foraminated plate are suflicient to permit the entrance of all the air necessary to effect suficient ventilation.

The inner and outer shields are independently adjustable, the outer shield being provided with bracket plates 26 pivoted to it at its ends as at 27, these bracket plates being notched on the lower edge, as at 28, for selective engagement with a screw 29, the latter being threadingly engaged with the frame 10 and spanning a guideway 30 through which the bracket plates 26 pass. The bracket plates 26 extend to the interior of the car through notches 81 in the inner shield and are therefore accessible at their with bracket plates but these bracket plates 32 are pivotally mounted, as at 33, on the inner shield and are provided with terminal operating knobs 3 1 to enable them to be operated from the interior of the car, These bracket plates 32 are notched, as at 35, the

notches being selectively engageable with the.

screws as inthe case with the outer shield. 'll1us,t-l1e*bracket plates 82 may be disengaged from the screws and the .inner shield elevated interiorly of thecar and held in the desired elevation by the engagement of the proper notches in the bracket plates 82 with the screws.

Thus, either shield maybe moved as desired and the adjustment in position of the outer shield may be effected to give the full benefit of the ventilating meansor to restrict the entrance of air through the ventilating means independently of the sliding plate controlling the ventilating openings; or it may be elevated to act as a visor or canopy asabove described.

Phe invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a frame, windshields hinged at their upper edges to the upper edge of the frame, the one being narrower than the other, and a ventilator disposed below the narrower shield and covered by the Wider shield when the latter is in closed position.

2. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a frame Windshields hingcdly secured to the frame at their upper ends and at the inner and outer-edges of the frame,

the lnner shield being narrower than the u onter shield;apanel spanning the frame b lowthe inner shield and provided with ventilating openings, a movable plate controlling said openings, and a foraminatcd plate disposed in advance of the movable and arranged at an inclination from the loweredgeof the inner shield to the lower edge of-theouter shield.

o. A device of the kind described comprising a frame, Windshields hingedly secured- Anna-Inert 0. Joanna.

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